nature is awesome

This is going to happen soon to the Northern Hemisphere. We might as well get ready for it or move to Australia. Besides, the autumn is the best time of the year for wearing sweaters and looking at plants.

We see a lot of cool nature-related time-lapse videos, but how often do we simply appreciate nature the way we experience it? Astrophotographer Mark Gee recorded this footage earlier this month in Wellington, New Zealand.

Contrary to what you might think, you’re not looking at a giant pool of strawberry milkshake, but the waters of Senegal’s Lake Retba. The unusual color, which is completely natural, is caused by large populations of the organism Dunaliella salina present in the lake.